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Sooo should I install NeXTSTEP on this?
November 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I wonder if the ancient Romans had a similar trinket just before their civilisation collapsed?
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I have a Motorola Edge 30 5G Dual SIM (128GB) smartphone for sale. Running stock Android but can be flashed with the latest version of LineageOS if you want to go off grid. Works well but has a bit of wear and tear. Yours for $200 posted! DM me if you're keen.

wiki.lineageos.org/devices/dubai/
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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WHAT. Give me that, you jerks!!!!!!
An e-ink display can be used as the front panel on a Steam Machine (used for testing by Valve, will not be for sale) youtu.be/bWUxObt1efQ?...
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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type in HTML magazine
🚀 NEW MAGAZINE ⌨️
Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages!
10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed
vole.wtf/doctype/
DOCTYPE magazine 🚀⌨️
’80s BASIC type-in mags are back, but this time for HTML!
vole.wtf
November 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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OMFG
“There were no political or religious motivations. They were rich people who went there for fun and personal satisfaction. We are talking about people who love guns who perhaps go to shooting ranges or on safari in Africa.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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In any other context, what would we think about some unseen stranger eavesdropping on kids’ conversations to see what they’re talking about?
I missed that Communications Minister Anika Wells said that kids talking on social media about plans to get around the teen ban will be picked up by the platforms as a signal that they are under 16.
November 12, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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giving a talk tomorrow, it will not be cynical
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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Softbank goes all in on OpenAI, shameless game influencers, VIC's "jobs pipeline running under the sea"
Plus: Turn any device with a command line into a file server

READ: https://thesizzle.com.au/p/softbank-sells-nvidia-aussie-journo-flies-too-close-to-influencer-sun-subco-s-smap-cable-will-improv
Softbank goes all in on OpenAI, shameless game influencers, VIC's "jobs pipeline running under the sea"
Plus: Turn any device with a command line into a file server
thesizzle.com.au
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
little surprise sizzle from me if you're still a subscriber :)
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"

bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
still holds up after all this time
Despite the comments under this (and the moustache), I hadn't even heard of Antony I. Ginnane when we made this. It was entirely inspired by a long lunch with the late John D. Lamond. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XNZ...
Warren Perso: The Last Aussie Auteur | The Late Show
YouTube video by Working Dog Productions
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Naming and shaming Nazis but make it the opening credits of an early 2000s reality show by the hilarious Scout Boxall

E-mail us with tip-offs thewhiterosesociety@protonmail.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Reckon a fair few Aussie tech and games content folk might want to pull their heads in if they don't want to end up on the end of a Linton Besser cannon 🤯
Australian games outlet Press Start on Media Watch this morning over unreported affiliate links and sponsored content 👀 www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/e...
Ep 40 - Tech trouble - Media Watch
A technology journalist pinged for gaming gadgets reviews that are undisclosed ads.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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NEW: What could we have instead of Australia's teen social media ban?

A lot of the debate on the ban has framed it as ban vs nothing. But there's plenty of options for improving online safety for young people.

Here's 5 alternative ideas (which we can still do) www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Nice nod to old mate Ea-nasir in Civ7

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complai...
November 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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real sign of the times that an oil fund has to suspend its ethics rules to hold tech company stocks
Norway suspends $2.1tn oil fund's ethics rules to avoid selling Big Tech stakes

Finance minister Jens Stoltenberg says #NBIM move will avoid forced sale of shares in Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet over their work for Israel:
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Optimus will overturn the fundamentals of economics to an extent that we may not even need money in the future, Musk says, and yet he still recommends people "hold onto your Tesla stock," which seems like a kind of mixed message.
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Optimus robots will just kinda follow criminals around and make sure they don't commit crimes again, so we can eliminate prisons.

These are all things Elon Musk is literally saying.
November 6, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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This greeted us just a few miles from the Austin airport when we rolled in last night. Someone around here has been hard at work to welcome Elon's dork brigade as they arrive for the Tesla AGM 💀 #teslatakedown #MuskMustFall
November 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
ooh new major patch to civ7 - that's my weekend sorted
November 6, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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what shines through, to me, is that while landlords overwhelmingly see themselves as "providing an essential service" they avoid accountability for the obligations that kind of service provision requires. they want a pat on the back for doing a ~good deed~ without the work or responsibility
Renting in Reality — Landlords Insights - CPRC
cprc.org.au
November 6, 2025 at 1:56 AM
i actually like jesus and despite that I still think rowland's take here is fucked
At the Christian prayer breakfast this week, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said that the “principles and values that Jesus lived by underpin the role of Australia’s first law officer” and claimed that “our values and faith” guide lawmakers. Read more: rationalist.com.au/australias-a...
#auspol
November 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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MrBeast hates Zohran because if people have access to basic necessities, it will demolish the Giving People Those Necessities As Part Of A Saw-Inspired Game Show industry
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM